Guest Speaker - Dennis Shore
Dennis joined Rotary in 1980, and is a Trustee of The Rotary Foundation from 2023 to 2027 and is also vice chair of Rotary Foundation Australia. He has previously served as Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser and as a vice chair and promotions director of the Host Organization Committee for the 2023 Rotary International Convention in Melbourne. In D9800 Dennis was District Governor in 2012-13 and has been District Foundation Chair and twice District Council on Legislation Representative. He has also served as District Secretary, Vice-Governor and Finance Committee Chair (twice), and many other district and club roles. He is honoured to be a recipient of The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award and the Royce Abbey Award.
Dennis Shore is a chartered chemical engineer with degrees from the University of New South Wales and completed postgraduate courses at Stanford University Graduate School of Business and INSEAD (France). After a career in paper manufacturing culminating in international business development and management in the USA, Europe, and Asia, he established his own consulting business. These days Rotary is his main focus.
Dennis has been married to Lynda for many years and they are proud parents to 2 wonderful adult daughters and grandparents to four treasured grandchildren.